More than 100 million user records have been stolen in a hack of the question-and-answer site Quora Inc.

The hack, described by Quora Monday as “unauthorized access to one of our systems by a malicious third party,” occurred Nov. 30. It involved the theft of data that included names, email addresses, IP logs, user IDs, encrypted passwords, user account settings, personalization data, private and public posts, linked accounts and more.

“with respect to the high number of majority to the content accessed that was as of now already public on Quora, but the compromise of account and other some of the private information is so much serious,” According to the report which has been revealed.

The form of the breach was not disclosed, with D’Angelo only saying that the company has “taken steps to address the issue, although our investigation is ongoing and we’ll continue to make some of the improvements in the security.”, Quora noted that it’s “in the process of notifying users whose data has been compromised.” The report can confirm that as of 10:30 p.m. EST, not all users have been notified.

Since it was founded in 2009, Quora has become particularly popular among tech-inclined people in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and beyond. The company was last in the news in April 2017 when it raised $85 million in late-stage funding with speculation that at some point it may look to go public.

Although the passwords stolen were encrypted, the hack is another reminder for users of any site to practice safe internet, including not using the same password on multiple sites.

“Users need to be concerned that there will be attempts to use their information to try to gain access at other sites that they have accounts,” Bleeping Computer noted. “It is necessary for all users to change any passwords at other sites that use the same password as Quora.”

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